Letters to the Editor

March 19, 2018 — A chance for Independents to unite Do you want to have a voice in America's political future? Are you extremely frustrated with the current political establishment? If the answer is YES, then join us for an Independent Voter Town Hall/Caucus Meeting on Thursday, March 22,

March 16, 2018 — Salute our students for taking action on gun control Yay Summit students for honoring and taking part in the nationwide protest for more gun control! I'm so impressed with the courage you (and almost every other student in the country) has shown standing up to

March 13, 2018 — A Frisco surprise: ballot issue 2B I was surprised when a friend told me a ballot would soon be in the mail. Frisco voters are being asked to give up the Old Community Center at 110 Third Ave. and the adjacent Pocket Park so that

March 11, 2018 — Vote NO on 2B on this week's mail-in ballot Frisco is such an amazing community. We are thriving because tourists from Denver and around the world realize we have something very special to offer. If you ask anyone about our success, they simply state "our

March 7, 2018 — Reaction to potential Breckenridge parking garage I attended the planning department's meeting on the parking garage Tuesday evening. Please go to the website and review the plans. This is a huge, ugly structure. I love to walk to town and enjoy the gorgeous views while

March 2, 2018 — Tiger Dredge lot not the right location for garage I am writing in response to the town meeting regarding a parking structure at the Tiger Dredge lot. I cannot imagine a more ill-conceived location. This will dump skiers at the bottom of the Quicksilver lift

February 28, 2018 — Economics 101 Morgan Liddick misses the underlying issue, the same issue most illegal immigration paranoids miss, or ignore: supply and demand, an issue conservatives should embrace. Illegal immigrants aren't here by accident; they're here, in Summit County especially, because there is work for them. During

February 23, 2018 — Time for sensible gun control, not political poses First let me say I am a military veteran. So I am not "anti-gun." In the military you are trained to handle weapons safely and there is a mandatory marksmanship test. Many people, including POTUS, are decrying

February 22, 2018 — Time for sensible gun control First let me say I am a military veteran. So I am not "anti-gun." In the military you are trained to handle weapons safely and there is a mandatory marksmanship test. Many people, including POTUS, are decrying the most recent

February 20, 2018 — Balancing left-wing opinions President Trump is right when he tweeted that the Russians were successful at sowing political discourse in the U.S. with their propaganda campaign, during and after the 2016 election. That discourse is alive and well in the Summit Daily News. In a

February 14, 2018 — Wake up, Breckenridge residents, homeowners and visitors While you have been sleeping, corporate giant Verizon has been trying to develop a cell phone antenna site in the heart of our historic district, violating the town's express policy of preserving the "unique aesthetic character, beauty, and

February 12, 2018 — Calling all Summit County family members Two weeks before my sunny 20-year-old cousin completed suicide, she recognized that she needed help. But, like so many others, had the idea that treatment for mental health was costly and difficult to start. As a college student-athlete attempting

February 4, 2018 — This Thursday Congress is scheduled to vote on whether or not to renew federal funding for community health centers. The Community Health Center Fund, established in 2010, has long enjoyed the bi-partisan support of Congress. The fund expired at the end of this past September

February 1, 2018 — Health care and political promises Every time I see an article in the Summit Daily about some politician making health care a key campaign topic, I cringe. Remember, the Affordable Health Care Act was supposed to make health care affordable for the majority of American

January 29, 2018 — A call for more wilderness Summit and Eagle counties know how to provide recreation activities for residents and visitors, and a bill recently introduced in Congress proposes to magnify those opportunities greatly, to the everlasting benefit of hikers, mountain bikers, hunters, anglers, wilderness lovers and

January 23, 2018 — Talking past each other I was struck by the gulf between the two opinion letters in the Jan. 22 Summit Daily News: "Don't hang the shutdown on Democrats" by Donald Samuels; and "Fighting and winning for us" by Kim McGahey, chairman of Summit Republicans. The

January 22, 2018 — Wiping away Trump's toilet comments Re: Morgan Liddick's Jan. 16 column. Liddick states that places such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Gambia have authoritarian and kleptocratic governments; income disparity; poor educational systems, nonexistent infrastructure. Many of these people are trying to leave these countries and come to

January 21, 2018 — Don't hang the shutdown on Democrats In an effort to anticipate Morgan Liddick's column this week, that the current U.S. Government shutdown is all the Democrats' fault, it is instructive to understand how the failure of the Republicans to govern brought us to this point.

December 22, 2017 — Tax bill is no Christmas gift On Dec. 21, the Summit Daily printed an editorial from the Colorado Springs Gazette ("Tax bill could help us all") extolling the virtues of the recently passed tax overhaul legislation. That Gazette editorial was absurd on its face. Take,